TEEN'S MISSION TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DISABLE. AS SUSAN WORNICK REPORTS, WHAT MAKES THIS YOUNG MAN'S ACCOMPLISHMENT IMPRESSIVE AND UNIQUE IS HOW ALL BEGAN, WITH HIS LOVE FOR THE GAME OF TENNIS. 17-YEAR-OLD BEN SALLOWAY HAS PLAYED TENNIS SINCE AN EARLY AGE. TO THINK THEY HAVE BEEN THROWN IN THE TRASH IS KIND OF MIND BREAKING. 125 MILLION BALLS EVERY YEAR AND THAT IS JUST IN THE U.S. THAT IS WHEN PROJECT GREEN BALL WAS BORN. JUST A WAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO RECYCLE TENNIS BALLS AND KNOW THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION AND THAT THEY ARE NOT WASTING RUBBER AND FIBER AND THINGS THAT COULD BE USED FOR OTHER PRODUCT. OTHER PRODUCTS LIKE EQUESTRIAN TURF. WITH GRANT MONEY BEN RAISED, AN UPSTATE MANUFACTURER CREATED THIS TURF IN WELLESLEY AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER. THEY HOST THERAPEUTIC RIDING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. ANOTHER PASSION CLOSE TO BEN'S HEART. MY MOM IS SIGNIFICANTLY DISABLED. SHE HAD A BAD BACK INJURY AND I WAS KIND OF HOPING TO GIVE BACK TO PEOPLE LIKE HER. BEN HAS COLLECTED THOUSANDS OF TENNIS BALLS AT HOME. WHEN HE HAS ENOUGH, I.G.K. EQUESTRIAN WHICH BUILT THE TURF WILL DONATE ONE TO A THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER. SO FAR WE COLLECTED OVER 107,000 BALLS AND THE UNISHIAL INITIAL GOAL IS OVER 100,000 BALLS SO WE ARE HALFWAY THERE. I THINK THE PROJECT COMBINES A UNIQUE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS GREEN BECAUSE HE IS RECYCLING TENNIS BALLS. AND IT IS ALSO TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE THAT HAVE PERHAPS DISABILITIES. HERE HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO COMBINE HIS PASSIONS IN A UNIQUE WAY. I'M SUSAN WORNICK, WCVB NEWSCENTER5. THAT IS PRETTY COOL. PROJECT GREEN BALL IS THE ONLY

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